Howard John Carmichael (born 17 January 1950) is a British-born New Zealand theoretical physicist specialising in quantum optics and the theory of open quantum systems.[1][2] He is the Dan Walls Professor of Physics at the University of Auckland and a principal investigator of the Dodd-Walls Centre. Carmichael has played a role in the development of the field of quantum optics and is particularly known for his Quantum Trajectory Theory (QTT) which offers a more detailed view of quantum behaviour by making predictions of single events happening to individual quantum systems.[3][4] Carmichael works with experimental groups around the world to apply QTT to experiments on single quantum systems, including those contributing to the development of quantum computers.[3] He is a Fellow of Optical Society of America, the American Physical Society and the Royal Society of New Zealand. He was awarded the Max Born Award in 2003, the Humboldt Research Award in 1997 and the Dan Walls Medal of the New Zealand Institute of Physics in 2017. In 2015, he was recognised as an Outstanding Referee by the American Physical Society.
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| Born | 17 January 1950 |
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| Fields | Theoretical physics Quantum optics |
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- ^ "Howard Carmichael – Physik-Schule". physik.cosmos-indirekt.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ "OSA Living History Biography". OSA. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ a b Ball, Philip. "The Quantum Theory That Peels Away the Mystery of Measurement". Quanta Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
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